Innovation Assignments

Nowadays organisations face many challenges. Companies need to overcome these challenges to survive. Many of these challenges have an interdisciplinary and complex nature. Such complex problems are: the energy transition, global climate change, European unification, costs of health care, etc. These societal problems often translate to problems that organizations have to deal with.

You start directly after the module Research in Business. The knowledge and skills acquired during Research in Business can be directly applied in the innovation assignment. And you will wok further on your skills supported by different workshops on different research aspects, concepts and methodologies.  

The INA combines three elements:  

• Applied research. We believe that innovation results form an evidence-based approach.  
• Innovation. The overall solution to a complex problem is difficult to achieve, but we aim to find an innovative contribution.  
• Interdisciplinarity. The student applies knowledge, skills, theories, models and concepts from more than one discipline in an interdisciplinary context.  

The Innovation Assignment starts with a Networking Event. During the event you have to acquire an assignment based on a complex problem. This assignment has to be related to the professional field, e.g., a complex problem a company is struggling with, or a research project from a professorship that has impact on society.  

This module prepares you to have an innovative impact on society and business. You work client-oriented: you are required to find innovative solutions. By working together in a team of two students with a different disciplinary background, you are able to not only combine your knowledge and skills, but moreover transcend the boundaries of remaining in your own territory. By bringing your expertise and science together, you will create one integrated plan. As a team you will analyse, synthesize, and harmonize links between the disciplines into a coherent and coordinated whole. This creates a more condensed, specific and goal directed project and will deliver more sustainable solutions.  

This module prepares you to have an innovative impact on society and business. You work client-oriented: you are required to find innovative solutions. By working together in a team of two students with a different disciplinary background, you are able to not only combine your knowledge and skills, but moreover transcend the boundaries of remaining in your own territory. By bringing your expertise and science together, you will create one integrated plan. As a team you will analyse, synthesize, and harmonise links between the disciplines into a coherent and coordinated whole. This creates a more condensed, specific and goal directed project and will deliver more sustainable solutions.